Josh Level, a highly recruited high school basketball player from Greensboro, died Tuesday night after collapsing during a game.

Level, a junior at the private New Garden Friends School, collapsed during the last few minutes of a game at Quality Education Academy in Winston-Salem, said David Secor, Level's head coach. Level died at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

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A spectator trained in CPR tried to revive Level in the gym, but her efforts weren't successful.

Level was being recruited by college programs in the ACC and Big 12 and was featured on a number of national Internet recruiting sites.

Shortly after his death, Level's friends took to Twitter with the hashtag #ripjoshlevel. The hashtag, later revised to #ripjosh, was still trending in Greensboro Wednesday afternoon.

New Garden Friends is a pre-kindergarten through 12th grade Quaker school founded in 1971. The school made the following statement after Level's death:

"Head of School David Tomlin expressed his deep sadness and shock at the untimely loss of this young man who had already made a tremendous impact on our school community. School will be open today for students, faculty and staff to gather as a community and counselors will be on site for support."